Pele Praises Neymar, Insists He Was Better

SOCCER legend Pele thinks fellow Brazilian player Neymar is one of the world’s best, but just don’t compare him to the master himself.
“Maybe he plays like Messi, like Cristiano Ronaldo, but a player like Pele, no way, because my mother and my father, they closed the machine,” he joked.
Speaking from Barcelona before he embarks on an Australian tour this month, the 74-year-old football superstar nominated Argentina’s Lionel Messi as the best player of the past decade: “He’s a complete player for the team and he scores goals. In the last two years the one excellent player was Cristiano Ronaldo because he has a good strike and scores goals.”
And Pele puts Neymar in the top three, saying “the game is in good shape now”.
Pele said Australia should get the chance to host a World Cup and praised the Socceroos last World Cup performance.
Renowned as the sport’s leading goal-scorer, Pele will present Pele My Life. My Story in Melbourne on March 26 and Sydney on March 27.
For tickets to the shows and lunches go to pelelive.com.au